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New map of the Fertile Crescent and the origins of agriculture.

Early Farming and domestication in the Ancient Near East.

worldhistory.org/image/12521/ma…

IBD was recently used in the Germanic and Celtic studies.

Thought this would be of interest on the degree of relatedness based on shared IBD.

One hundred and ten individuals were sampled for ancient DNA, including 155 individuals from three contemporary and one Iron Age site from the Rhineland as well as one contemporary site from France

db-thueringen.de/servlets/MCRFi…

A mixed expansion model of East Asian agriculture into northern Pakistan: demic via southern route but cultural from the northern.

Two distinct waves of East Asian ancestry into northern Pakistan- one introduced by rice farmers from the Yangtze River Basin ∼4,800 years ago and a second, ∼1,600 years ago, likely introduced by Tibetan Plateau population historical expansions - both via the southern foothills of the Tibetan Plateau.

academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

Wide-ranging investigation concludes that the stunning rise in the wealth and power of Macedonia in the fourth century BCE was closely linked to Philip’s control over precious metal mines and deposits located in northern Greece and the Balkans.

Alexander inherited this powerful economic and military system and expanded it through conquest. Nevertheless, the foundations of the Macedonian Empire rested on Philip’s achievements.

link.springer.com/article/10.100…